Explanations For Sleep Walking Flashcards
Risk factors
Piazzi et al says Sleep walking increases due to sleep sleep deprivation, having a fever, stress, alcohol, and psychiatric conditions.
Hormonal changes during puberty and menstruation may also trigger sleep walking but maybe only for genetically vulnerable individuals.
Why children?
Oliviero said Children have more SWS or because the system that inhibits motor activity in SWS isn’t fully developed and may be underdeveloped in some adults.
One study found that adult sleep walkers showed signs of immaturity in the relevant neural circuits.
Due to incomplete arousal
Sleep walking is a disorder of arousal where the sleep walker is asleep but engaged in tasks normally associated with being awake.
EEG recordings during sleep walking show delta waves plus beta waves which are typical of awake state.
